Game Of Thrones Could Get A Prequel, But Not With Its Current Showrunners

Trending News: George R. R. Martin Hints At A 'Game Of Thrones' Prequel

Why Is This Important?

Because we might be getting more Game of Thrones (but probably not for a while).

Long Story Short

Following a record-breaking night at the Emmys, author George R. R. Martin said he has written thousands of pages of Westeros history that could be turned into a prequel one day. However, showrunners D. B. Weiss and David Benioff said they're done after Season 8 of Game of Thrones.

Long Story

Sunday night was a night to remember for Game of Thrones. The HBO series cleaned up at the Emmys and now has a total of 38 awards — surpassing Frasier with the most all-time. Also, the penultimate episode, Battle of the Bastards, got what it deserves with the most awards ever for any single one-hour long show. But perhaps even more excitingly, fans of the show may have hope for more following the 15 or so shows left in the series.

After the awards show, author of the book series that inspired the show, George R. R. Martin said he has a helluva lot more content left that could be turned into TV gold.

“I do have thousands of pages of fake history of everything that led up to Game of Thrones, so there’s a lot of material there and I’m writing more,” said Martin, according to Deadline. However, Martin said there's a lot of work before a prequel sees the light of day. “At the moment we still have this show to finish and I still have two books to finish so that’s all speculation.”

But if you love what showrunners D. B. Weiss and David Benioff have done with Martin's words — we've got some bad news. When asked about a prequel, Benioff brushed it off and said George R. R. Martin is the best person to ask about that. “It’s a great world that George created," said Benioff, according to Entertainment Weekly. "I think it’s a very rich world, and I’m sure there will be other series set in Westeros, but for us, this is it. That’s really a question for George.”

I've got another question for George — when the hell are you going to publish something new? The author has already delayed the release of the next book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter, and is now behind the show. Suffice to say, don't get your hopes up for a prequel anytime soon.